Roofing-tile.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

J. FREUND. ROOFING TILE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1907.

Momma JOSEPH FREUND, OF CRYSTAL CITY, MISSOURI.

ROOFING-TILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, I908.

Application filed. May 10, 1907. Serial No. 372,861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FREUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Crystal City, in the county of Jefferson and Stateof Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roofing-Tiles, of which the ollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to roofing tiles and consists in certain improvements 1n the construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings as follows: Figure lshows a plan-view of a roof'formed of tiles, made in .3 along the opposite edge of the tile.

accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a section on the line 33 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, a

section on the line 5- -5 in Fig. 1.

l-marks the body of the tile. In general outline it is of the usual construction, ordinarilysomewhat longer than wide. A lip 2 is arranged along one edge and a rib or b f tllld e lip has a groove 4 on its under side into which the rib 3 extends when the tiles are in position. So far this is a usual construction.

The corner at the end of the lip 2 is peculiarly exposed and liable to breaka e in handling; To obviate this, I have fil ed in the groove at 5 for a distance back from the bottom of the tile, preferably somewhat less than the overlap ofthe tile and have terminated the rib 3 so as to leave a space 6 of 'suflicient length to permit .of the filled portion 5 to seat itself on the adjacent tile. This does not deteriorate in any Way from the efficiency of the tile and at the same. time strengthens the corner very materially.

I also prefer to provide a transverse rib 7 along the tog edge and top side of the tile and to provi e a transverse groove 8 on the under s1de of the bottom of the tile in position to receive the rib? when the tiles are in place. In order to maintain a uniform stren th of tile, I increase the thickness of the ti e at 9 and extend this thickness to the end of the tile so that the tile at the bottom of the roove 8 has a normal thickness. I prefer t at the thickness of the tile be radually increased so as not to interfere wit the proper shedding'of water. This slight shoulder also forms a lodgment for snow at a place where there is no danger of its backing up in the joints.

What I claim as new is:

1. A roofing tile having a groove on its under side near the bottom, the surface of tile each side of the groove being in the same plane and the bodyof the tile each side of the groove bein of increased thickness, the tile being provided with a transverse rib at its upper end.

2. A roofing tile having-a groove on its under side near the bottom, the surface of tile each side of the roove being in the same plane and the b0 y of the tile each side of the groove being "of increased thickness, the increase above the groove being gradual for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

W. R. DONNCH, .TAs. L. DORREN. 

